I'm wondering if we were a truly energy independent nation, would we still be screwing around and messing things up in the middle east? But then American Big Oil wouldn't be American "Big Oil" anymore would they? And the Koch Bro's wouldn't be so powerful and influential as they are, would they?
And all of those billions and billions of $$$ spent making war over there would have gone toward building schools, improving infrastructure, curing cancer.....Nah, who am I kidding, the rich elite would find a way to get their grubby greedy paws on all of it no matter what.